[mapguide-users] Generalize the data by percentage. How does it work?

[Jackie Ng]

You are pretty much correct, the load procedure will reduce the vertex count
by the specified percentage. How it does the generalization I have no idea.

Though I believe that number is the percentage you want to reduce, not the
total percentage you are after. So if you had 5 points along the line, 20%
generalization would remove 1 point on that line.

- Jackie


Jonathan W wrote:
> 
> I have several very large polyline shapefiles that I wish to put into my
> Mapguide site.  I would like a faster preformance for my site by
> generalizing these files (reducing file sizes).  Could someone please
> direct me to the help file or tell me what the "Generalize the data by
> this percentage" in the load procedure actually does.  Does it remove
> vertices? Would 20% remove 4 out of 5 points along the line?
> 
> Thank you
> Jonathan
>  
> 

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